Stove-lid lifter



J.'POLSHAW.

STOVE LID LIFTER.

APPucATxoN FILED sEPLz, 1919.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

lJOSEPH POLSHAW, OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.

STOVE-LID LIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. so, 1920.

Application led September 26, 1919. Serial No. 326,576.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Josnrrr PoLsHAW, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Steubenville, in the county of Jefferson and Stateof Ohio, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-LidLifters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved stove lid lifter, its object beingto. provide a device of this character` whereby a stove lid may -beconveniently engaged and held against any possibility of slipping andfalling. c

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which*- Figure 1 isa view partially in side elevation and partially in longitudinal sectionof a lid lifter embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same,

Fig. L is a transverse sectional view taken substantially upon lineIV-IV of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one end of the jaw-actuating rod.

Referring tov the drawing, in which like reference characters indicatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 5 indicates the bodyor handle of the lifter, which is preferably longitudinally curved inthe usual manner, and is provided at its lower forward end with alifting projection or blade 6. The handle is longitudinally channeled toprovide a recess in the under side thereof to receive an actuating rod 7which has its rear end connected as at 8 by a pin and slot connection tothe free end of the short arm 9 of the bell crank lever 10. The bellcrank lever 10 is pivoted to the handle 5 as at 11 and extends rforwardly to provide a hand lever 12 normally projected outwardly of therecess of the handle 5 by means of the compression spring 13 which isarranged between the free end of the short arm 9 and a lug 14 formed onthe extreme rear end of the handle 5.

The forward end of the rod 7 is transversely slotted as at 15 on itsunder side for reception of the overlapping ends 16 of the pivotedlid-gripping jaws 17 which are mounted upon the under side of the blade2. The rod 7 is provided with an upwardly extending lug 18 disposedwithin the longitudinal slot 19 of the blade 6 so as to guide the rod 7in` its longitudinal movements and to hold the same against lateralmovements. The jaws 17 are of substantially bell crank form and arenormally disposed in their retracted inoperative position as shown inFig. 3 by full lines inwardly of the side edges of the blade 6.V

In operation, the forward end of the tool is applied in the usual mannerto dispose the blade 6 within the socket of the stove lid. The operatorthen grips the handle 5 and hand lever 12 and exerts an upward pressureon said hand lever, thus forcing the arm 9 and rod 7 rearwardly andplacing the spring 13 under compression. The rearward movement of therod 7 causes swinging movement of the jaws 17 to the dotted lineposition of Fig. 3, wherein the serrated faces of said jaws areprojected beyond the side edges of the blade 6 and into grippingengagement with the side walls of the socket of the stove lid so thatany probability of the lid slipping or becoming displaced in fallingwhile it is being handled is avoided.

From the foregoing description, the construction and mode of use of myimproved lid lifter will be readily understood and its advantagesappreciated.

While the form of the invention herein shown and described is what isbelieved to be the preferable embodiment thereof, it is to be understoodthat minor changes may -be made in whole or in art without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

1. A lid lifter comprising a handle having a lifting blade, a rodextending longitudinally of said handle and terminatin at one endbeneath said blade, laterally swlngable socket gripping jaws pivotedtothe under side of said blade and operatively connected to said rodwhereby rearward. movement of the rod will cause outward swingingmovement of said jaws, means to rearwardly move said rod, and a springoperatively associated with said means and the handle to normally holdthe rod in a forward position with the gripping jaws retracted. Y

2. A stove lidV lifter comprising a handle having a longitudinal recessin the under side thereof and provided with a lifting blade, alongitudinally movable rod disposed within said recess and terminatingat one end beneath said blade, gripping jaws of substantially bell crank'form operatively connected to the adjacent end of said rod, springmeans associated with the opposite end of said rod to normallyl retainthe latter in forwardly projected position with the jaws retractedinwardly of the side edges of said blade, and a hand lever Voperativelyconnected to said rod and movable toward said handle when the latter isgripped to move the rod rearwardly and project the gripping .jaws beyondthe side edges of said blade.

3. A stove lid lifter comprising a handle having a lifting blade,laterally swingable jaws pivoted to said blade, means to laterally swinsaid jaws into gripping engagement w1th the side walls of a stove lidsocket when said handle is gripped, and

means to normally maintain the jaws retracted inwardly of the side edgesofY said blade.

4. A stove lid lifter4 comprising a handle having a lifting bladeprovided with a longitudinal slot, a rod disposed longitudinally of thehandle and having an upward eXtension slidably guided in said slot, saidrod being transversely slotted on its under side,

JOSEPH PoLsfiAw. Attest:

W. D. DoWNE,

JAMES PARKINSON.

